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Christopher Fry


Born
in Bristol, The United Kingdom
December 18, 1906

Died
June 30, 2005

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

Influences
T.S. Eliot, Henry Vaughan ...more


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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,605 ratings · 191 reviews · 168 distinct works • Similar authors
The Lady's Not for Burning
4.06 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 1949 — 53 editions
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Ring Round the Moon
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3.65 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1948 — 37 editions
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A Phoenix Too Frequent
3.59 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1949 — 8 editions
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Venus Observed
3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1950 — 16 editions
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A Sleep of Prisoners
3.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1951 — 17 editions
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The Dark is Light Enough
3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1954 — 13 editions
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Thor, With Angels
3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions
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The Firstborn: A Play in Th...
4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1946 — 18 editions
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The Boy with a Cart
3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1945
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Curtmantle
2.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions
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“What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.”
― Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning
tags: drama, religion
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“We are all of us lost. The best we can do is make whatever we're lost in as much like home as we can.”
― Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning
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“One day I shall burst my bud of calm and blossom into hysteria.”
― Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning
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